360° Turn

Chapter 2

Its been 2 days since that horrifying ordeal happened. I have shut down myself from the real world. I felt numb , I felt like i've been ripped apart by the cruel world inside and out. I locked myself in my mom's room refusing to leave, refusing to eat, refusing to do anything. I've been crying for the past 2 days but now the tears have stopped, my eyes now ran out of tears to shed but the pain was still there. I wanted it to stop, it was too much...it was just too much!

I heard a knock on the door but i was too tired to even acknowledge it. I haven't had any decent sleep. i tried to sleep but nightmares kept on coming.

The door opened and i saw Joon coming in with a tray of food. he wore an exausted look on his face . it must have been because of me. He's been taking care of me since the incident, Refusing to let me starve and comes in and comforts me everytime i had a nightmare. He's like my lifeline now. He makes me feel stronger.

He sat down beside me.

"Sa-Ra you really need to eat" he said in a gentle but firm voice. I just looked at him,not saying a word. he let out a long breath and shook his head. I felt sorry to him but food really didn't seem appealing to meright now. He placed the tray beside the bed and left.

i really did feel grateful to him. After the phone call happened 2 days ago we went directly to the hospital.He had his arm around me the entire time we were there ,giving me support and strength. He kept me from breaking apart.

We had a talk with the doctor and it seemed he already consulted my mom's insurance company. My mom wanted to be cremated. we respected her wishes and had filed some papers to start the cremation process.

The doctor asked us if we wanted to see her body for the last time before her cremation. I had a pang in my stomach and i felt sick. he lead the way to a room in the far corner of the hospital. As we got closer to it i wanted to run but i had to suck it up. it'll be the last time i'll see her face.

The door opened and i saw her lying on a silver metal table covered by a white cloth up to her chest.i felt my eyes starting to tear up.She really is gone. I got closer and saw how serene her face looked like. she was at peace.It gave me a peace of mind to know atleast she didn't suffer too much because if she did survive she would have been paralyzed waist down and she would'nt be able breath without machines because her lungs suffered from the fumes of the fire.

Thats when i decided i needed to be strong , For her . I decided to stop crying and move forward because I knew thats what she would have wanted me to do.

We left the hospital, we had a meeting with my mom's insurance company to discuss the preparation for the ceremonial wake and funeral.

We walked into an office building of JK Insurace Corp. which I just found out was owned by Choi Jun-Ho an old friend of my mom's.We were escorted by his secretary to his office. He wanted to personally take care this case because of his friendship with my mom.

The secretary knocked on the door and informed him our arrival. We were greeted by 2 men both wearing suits.One of the men was sitting at the big desk and the other in the chair in front of him. I knew that the person in the desk was Mr.Choi but who was the other one? His Guest maybe?

They both stood up and greeted us. Mr.Choi offered us to take a seat.He looked at me with sad eyes.

"i'm sorry for your loss Ms.Sa-ra." the other man said

i looked at him quizically. who was he?

"oh i'm sorry, i forgot to introduce him" Mr.Choi said apologetically. "This is Kim Young-Jae. She's your mom's attourney and old classmate."

He greated me warmly and gave me a small smile which I returned out of respect. I looked back at Mr.Choi giving him a look of confusion.

"you might be wondering why you were not informed beforehand of his presence in this meeting but it seems your mother already had arrangements with Mr.Kim if a situation like this happened." Mr.Choi said

"yes,actually i'm here to tell you that she already had her Will ready for quiet some time now and a couple of items she left in my care to give to you. i've had these items for over 15 years now' he said as he put a medium sized box on the table.

15 years...

that meant mom had prepared for this since i was born.

We first decided to discuss about the flow of the funeral. Mom's cremation would be done tomorrow so the Funeral Wake would start them . according to Mr.Choi my mom wanted it to take place at home and would only last 1 1/2 days and in the afternoon of the 2nd day the Funeral would be held. She already planned her final resting place which was a Columbarium site an hour away from the city.

After the discussion Mr.Kim proceeded with the reading of the Will

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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF

:PARK KO RA

I, Park Ko Ra declare this as my last will and testament.

Article I

I oppoint Mr.Kim Young Jae as my personal representative to administer this will.

Article II

I direct my personal representative to pay all my expenses using the money I have left with him before my death

Article III

I devise,bequeath and give all my personal properties may it be the estate,the house,the jewelry to my only daughter Park Sa Ra

I devise,bequeath and give all my wealth and company stocks to my only daughter Park Sa Ra

I devise,bequeath and give custody to my daughter Park Sa Ra to her biological father James Rosenthal until she will come of age(18) and make her own life choices.

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I just stood there frozen . James Rosenthal. I finally knew my father's name and he was alive all along. I always thought he was dead and now he has custody over me until I'm 18.

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So the second chaper is done!

what do you think guys? :D

i know there's not much romance yet so just wait a bit xD it'll come soon haha

xoxo yen